Love

Friendship with Jesus is a devotional on John 15:12-17 exploring what it means to be a friend of Jesus over six days. We look at the privileges and responsibilities that come with this relationship.


Friendship With Jesus

Just about everyone makes some sort of promise to themselves with the coming of a New Year: get in better shape, lose a few pounds, or maybe break a bad habit.  Join us at Abide as we meditate on how to up our game in regard to our walk with the Lord.  

Rethinking Your New Year's Resolutions

“If only.” Are there words any more defeating?  “If” implies chance and “only” diminishes the goal.  What if you could reach higher than “if only.” Achieving the heights of true love and the way of God.  The first guided audio meditation theme is calling for the way of love.  The second meditation is on motivation and God’s reward of love.  And finally, a reflection on learning to love without ceasing.

The Way of Love

The Bible tells us to love the Lord our God with all our heart, soul, mind and strength. Brain science tells us of twelve ways we learn strong love that we might not always recognize as love. The Bible reveals that God shows us love and teaches us to love others in the exact ways that make love strong.

12 Ways God Loves You: Practices That Form Strong Attachments To God And God’s People

Love is a lot of things, but what specifically does scripture tell us about love? If you’re looking for a new way to approach your relationships, this study of 1 Corinthians: 13 is a great place to start. Find out how God wants us to treat others.

Uncommen Love Is….

What does Jesus say about love, truth, righteousness, and more? We will examine His own words in the Sermon on the Mount. This is Part One of the eight-part "Jesus, I Want to Love You" series! These plans can be done in any order. See also "Jesus, I Want to Love You" (companion prayer) by Thistlebend.

Jesus, I Want to Love You Part 1

What do you think of when someone says to be faithful? Having integrity, being a person of your word and honoring God. We’ll look at the definition and God’s Word to focus on how to be a faithful person. God tells us that if we are faithful we will “end well.”

Hollywood Prayer Network On Faithfulness

The cardinal virtues are principal moral virtues. Journey with Abide as we meditate on prudence, justice, fortitude, hope, faith, chastity, and temperance. As you will learn in this Abide plan these Cardinal Virtues enable us to express, prove, and grow in our love of God by implementing His plan and covenant in a practical way.

Cardinal Virtues 101

Every marriage goes through transition. Whether it’s a move, job change, health challenge, or parenthood, we’ve all experienced events that created dissonance in our closest relationships. Author Jolina Petersheim’s seven-day devotional shares the story of her husband’s health scare—a benign brain tumor that required an emergency craniotomy and altered the course of their marriage . . . for the better.